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By State Sen. Joan Ballweg Thanks to responsible budgeting by Republicans last cycle, our state is on good fiscal footing to recover from the pandemic. COVID-19 hit state governments hard, but it devastated many of our friends and neighbors who are still dealing with long waits for their unemployment, losing their jobs and seeing their […]
By State Rep. Kevin Petersen On top of all the adversity, hardship, and changes COVID-19 imposed on the state’s employers over the last year, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) recently determined that over 108,000 businesses who utilized the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans would be required to pay millions of dollars in taxes […]
By Iola-Scandinavia School District Tim Welch is married to his wife, Mary Welch. They have two children, Karina, 25, and Kristian, 22. They also have two pets, Buddy and Casey. Tim has three siblings. He graduated from Manawa High School. He attended Mid-State Technical College and earned an associate’s degree in Business. He also attended […]